UPSC IAS Interview Transcript 2023

@upscinterviewscript Sachin Pralhadrao Wayal Buldhana District, MH B. Tech. (Production Engg) from VJTI, Mumbai WorkEx of 2 years at L&T, Heavy Engg, PMG - Nuclear Dept Hobbies: Blogging related to Nuclear Power, and Teaching Optional: Public Administration Board: Smita Nagarajan Ma’am Date of Interview: 20 July 2020, Afternoon session, first to enter Chairperson 1. What are you doing lately? 2. Why you chose career in Public Policy? (few sub questions) 3. Explain Administration in one/two/three words? 4. How can we improve efficiency? (few sub questions) Member 1 1. Why there is prevailing corruption in administration? 2. What is Transparency Index? How can we improve on it? 3. How can we implement the technology? 4. If your were District Collector of same district, how will you use technology to improve efficiency? Member 2 1. What is Conflict of Interest? 2. How can we make sure that CoI is not there in administration? 3. What is your recent teaching experience? 4. How do you keep in touch with your Arunachal Pradesh students? Member 3 1. Your district collector is good old friend of mine. How is she performing on COVID situation? What improvement you suggest? 2. What was your core motivational message to slums kids, when you were teaching them as part of L&T CSR Activities? 3. Which are the types of Nuclear reactor we have in India? 4. What is our Nuclear program? How many years it will take for commercial Thorium based reactor? Member 4 1. What is significance of Chahbhar port for India? 2. Do you know what is Block Chain Technology? How can we implement it in Administration? Chairperson Considering the present India-China relations, do we think we should proceed with 5G technology? Thank you. @upscinterviewscript

Last 1 week strategy 1. Avoid every kind of new material which is being dumped in the market. New material should be taken at this point only if the quantity is very very less and you feel that it is important for the exam. Otherwise please avoid it 2. Repeated revisions of what you have already studied over a year is important because there is a mantra in this exam:Read a single book hundred times rather than 100 books one time 3. Keep solving questions till the day prior to the exam because it will keep in the loop of exam. There won't be any starting problems in the exam hall if you are in the mode of solving questions 4. Do not get nervous when you are solving questions at home if you do not know the answers of some questions as the question may or may not come in the exam. Even if it does remember you just need to score between 100 and 110 for the exam. Knowing all answers is neither feasible nor desirable 5. Do go through all subjects once within this week. It is easily possible through smart reading. What does it mean? A A. Focus on mark fetching areas. Looking at the trends of previous years I feel these will the priority areas of asking questions 1. Economy, Polity, S and T, Environment and Agriculture. These will be the dominant areas. 80% of questions are easily achievable. So focus more on these 2. History though more questions are asked the strike rate cannot be more than 50% so focus less 3. Geography just at the end do maps properly. Input output ratio is pretty efficient 4. Society and IR just do current affairs 5. And if you have lesser time and you want to cut down work just read current affairs of all the above subjects in the same order of priority and the related static portions of only those current affairs topics. This also works efficiently Finally a small advice to tackle nervousness Don't look at the entire syllabus at once. Depending on the priorities given above make a schedule of your own of a week and implement it blindly. Just look at that day's targets and to be even more specific and focused just think of one hour targets at a time. Looking at small bits rather than entire syllabus gives a psychological solace. And all your small targets will lead to achieving the goal on the D-day. Many aspirants will be feeling at this moment that they know nothing. It is a very common feeling. People who have cleared also felt the same way. It is logical as well to feel so. Since the syllabus is so large it is difficult to remember them all at once in a row unlike in your school or college days where there is a definite book which you had to study cover to cover. You will surely recall what you have read when you see the question in the exam hall on June 2. That is how human brain functions! All the very best! Join @insightsonindian Also Join @upscinterviewscript

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@upscinterviewscript Medical Process 1. How long it took you to complete Regular process. Business as usual. No safety kit provided here. Bring your own mask, sanitizer, etc. 2. Those who had medicals previous year, pls compare - was it similar? I haven't given it earlier. But people here are saying just as last year. 3. Was there any possibility of contacting Covid suspects in the hospitals or both were separate? Yes. There was. Mine isn't dedicated COVID facility. But we did go to OPD where there is always a chance of contact. And OPD was completed full. 4. Are they completing medicals in one day or in case of any issue - are they advising you to come again? I'll let you know once I'm done here. So far everything has been normal. 5. Any other info you want to share? You are all by yourself here. Be very careful. Take precaution by yourselves. Business as usual.

@upscinterviewscript Ishwarya 21 July 2020 , FN 2nd to go Optional : Sociology Degree : B.E.Civil Engineering Present Job : IRAS Hobbies - Asian dramas, gardening, sketching, table tennis. SUJATHA MEHTA Mam board CM 1. You are from Civil Engineering background, what is the relationship between civil engineering and climate change? 2. Do you think retrofitting of 25 YO building is sustainable? 3. Tamilnadu politics and the favour for actors why? 4. Casual enquiry about ongoing training process. Member 1 1.asked some sociological thinker (had no idea) 2. historical background of Cuddalore 3. Is reservation to SC, St and OBCs a positive move 4. What are the safeguards available to SC when their rights are violated Member 2 1 .how to improve health infra 2.Should health be made fundamental right or entitlement. 3. Elaborate on your hobby of watching Asian drama 4 . What are the cultural similarities between East asian countries and India 4 . Do you know about Angkor wat. Member 3 1. Significance of Vaastu in civil engineering 2. Can India build a makeshift hospital like China in 10 days 3. Do you know about China's project management Member 4. 1. How to improve Railway accounting by including digitisation 2. How to revive construction sector after this COVID crisis Chairman 1. Do TV dramas reflect societal conditions Is there anything you think we should ask I said my hobby sketching 1. Asked whether i learnt somewhere or self taught After few discussion Thank you. @upscinterviewscript

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@upscinterviewscript Hardik R N Chaubey 20 July, Second to go in morning session IIT Delhi, electrical engineering Mathematics optional Working as software engineer in Samsung in South Korea Hobby cycling, squash, Korea language Extremely chill and welcoming chairperson Only distantly related to DAF (area of work and home state and hometown) Chairperson : 0. Had breakfast or were you nervous (both) 1. Tribal mainstreaming your views a. Education and culture are so inter related related..how to provide education without changing identity( education must be local) 2. Ladakh bifurcation a. Popular demand vs financial viability b. Why should Other states be supporting and funding in short term ( one nation, overall growth in long term for labour and market also) M1. 0. Hardik you have good academic background and electrical and software field experience.. tell us some developments in India in this field. In the context of being aatma nirbhar in this field (Electronics manufacturing under make in india, software products development along with IT, 5g iot telecommunications equipments should be manufactured at home..not import) 1. Up law and order situation your views 2. Criminalisation of politics os a reality? 3. How to reform? ( Criminal affidavits and fast tarck courts) M2. 1. Durand cup in football (duuno - for some reason he thought i am interested in all kinds of sports) 2. Durand line 3. Does it touch india? (Not sure) 4. National schemes name few a. Are they helpful (yes) 5. What is Electoral college ( i gave incorrect answer - no follow up) 6. Assam floods solutions ( I don't know well) 7. Smart village ( e-panchayat, tele education, tele medicine, tele-law) a. What about physical infra? (Broadband, towers, CSC) b. What about economic physical infra ( i dunno) M3. 1. Automating and IT reducing jobs.. what's your view ( ancillary industries creating many jobs in fact) 2. Mathura refinery vs Taj Mahal will you expland or not? ( only If pollution control and long term supply and demand) a. If you have to decide, will you do or not? ( I will provided pollution norms) b. Will you do or not? ( Sir I will) c. Then what will happen to Taj Mahal? ( Sir bola toh pollution control 3 times 😅 - of course i said this in polite way) M4. 1. Electricity demand and supply.. we are surplus then where is the issue. ( Couldn't understand his question properly - so i just said what i knew - PLF, Billing efficiency, Discoms profitability, more capacity) a. Conventional or green energy ( of course green!) 2. Inclusive growth ( great idea sirji) a. Cities development not reaching villages ( sir satellite cities need to be developed to declutter main city) b. Smart city you mean? ( Yes sir) c. Is it going good? ( Of course! 🙊 ) Chairperson : 1. We enjoyed talking to you, anything you would like to mention that maybe we didn't ask.. ( sir india and South korea.. what they can learn from each other - said two points each ) - M1 and M2 thankfully nodded on these points.. 2. Excellent.. interview is over.. thank you @upscinterviewscript

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